Davis - Rachel Webster
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 28 October 1898
On Oct. 30 the relatives and friends gathered at the home near Cherry Grove to celebrate Grandma Davis’ ninetieth birthday. It was nicely arranged by her daughters and their husbands and her son to make it a day of pleasure to all. Rachel Webster was born in Armugha, Ireland, in 1808. At the age of twenty one she was married to Richard Davis and on the 12th day of May, 1829, they sailed for America, landing at Quebec July 12. Working their way westward they settled on the farm where she has lived ever since, her husband having departed this life thirty two years ago. Her mind is clear and to see her moving in and out and up and down stairs and to hear her talk, one would have the impression that she was about fifty. With the exception of being a little deaf, she bids fair to see a hundred years.
Her daughters are Mrs. Levi Thomas, Mrs. Henry Walter, Mrs. Jas Fleming, and Mrs. James McIntire. She has one son, Fletcher Davis. The latter two, with whom she makes her home, are making her last years her pleasantest ones. One son, Abraham Davis, living in Kansas, was absent. After a dinner, that was past all competition, we soon begun to leave for our homes hoping that grandma might live to see several more birthdays.